Prediction: Next year is the year of AI-run autonomous online businesses
curious_vii · x · 2026-11-01
The quoted post predicts a near-future where you pitch an app/product/service idea, AI estimates required capital and approximate profitability, you contribute design input and early markets (e.g., your own social network), fund it, and AI launches, runs and manages it while you collect returns and fund more AI ventures. Impacts: a few early wins—including the first billion-dollar unicorn—would trigger a flood of capital, decimate most existing online small businesses, and hugely profit consumer commerce infrastructure (Stripe, Shopify, ad platforms, app stores, fulfillment engines). The commenter adds that once claims on these cash flows get tokenized, regulatory formalism will collide with people selling revenue claims in encrypted group chats; glimpses next year, real in 3–5 years.
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